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| HER Number: | MDV116797 |
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| Name: | Extractive pits west of Brookside Farm, Dunkeswell parish |
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Summary
Two possible former extractive pits of unknown, but probably post-medieval to early 20th century date were visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1980s as earthworks on the west facing slopes west of Brookside Farm, Dunkeswell parish.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 156 081 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DUNKESWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (XIX to XX - 1890 AD to 1947 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2301 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
Two irregularly shaped earthwork pits were visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82219 V, OS/82219 V 1628-1629 03-SEP-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357675.
Two irregularly shaped earthwork pits were visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Two pits were visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1980s as earthworks on the west facing slopes west of Brookside Farm, Dunkeswell parish.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map or Tithe Map for Dunkeswell but closely resemble small scale extractive pits recorded elsewhere in the survey area; very similar examples circa 700 metres to the south-west had clearly very recently been in use on aerial photographs of 1947.
The earthworks are therefore interpreted as probable former extractive pits of probable late 19th or early 20th century date.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 2301 11-APR-1947. |
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| SDV357675 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82219 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82219 V 1628-1629 03-SEP-1982. [Mapped feature: #76132 ] |
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| SDV359463 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:12PM |
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